Geometry of dust rings in protoplanetary disks: the case of LkCa 15

arXiv:2608.06457 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-08-06 · Read on arXiv

Yansong Qian, Yanqin Wu

Toronto · Toronto

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-08-06

Updated: 2026-08-10

Comments: 12 pages, 9 figures and 4 appendixes. Submitted to apj. Feedbacks welcome

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Terminology

• Calibration — 4× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Degeneracy — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Fidelity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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